Machine for applying glue to wooden box-rims.



Patented July 16, 1am.

No. 678,47l.

. A. ANNETT. v

PPLYING GLUE T0 WQODEN BOX RIMS.

(Application filed Mar. 1, 1901.)

MACHINE FOR A (No Model.)

if i 1 UNITED STATES f PATENT O FI E.

ALBERT ANNETT, OF EAST JAFFREY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO ANNETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING GLUE TO WOODEN BOX-RIMS. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,471, dated July 16, 1901. Application filed itmtnieoi. Serial No. 49,524. (Nomodem T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, ALBERT ANNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at East J affrey, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Applying Glue to Wooden Box-Rims, of which the following-is a. specification.

The object of this invention is to produc a machine for applying glue to the inner edge of the wooden veneer forming the rim of the ordinary cylindrical or oval-shapedwooden box of commerce and also for applying glue to the inner face of one of the overlapping ends of said wooden veneer.

Heretofore it has been the custom to manufacture wooden boxes having a rim formed of a wood veneer by tacking or pegging with wooden pegs one edge of said rim to the disk forming the bottom of said box. I have improved upon this method of manufacture by joining the veneer rim to the disk forming the bottom with glue, it being necessary to hold the two overlapping ends of the veneer together while inserting the bottom disk, also to hold said veneer firmly in contact with said disk while the glue is setting. I have invented a clamp and holder for that purpose for which Letters Patent No. 668,399 were granted to me February 19, 1901.

' The object of this invention is to provide a machine whereby the glue may be applied to said wood veneer, as hereinbefore described, said machine affording a convenient and practical means whereby said glue maybe applied to the wood veneer in a neat and practical manner.

The invention consists in a machine for applyingglueto wooden veneer box-rims,consisting of a receptacle for the glue and a reciprocatory disk combined with a table-top and mechanism for alternately raising a portion of the said reciprocatory disk above the top of the table and lowering it into the glue in said receptacle.

The invention further consists in the com.

. bination and arrangement of parts set forth Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of my improved machine for applying glue to wooden box-rims as viewed from the left of said machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a central sectional elevation taken through a Wooden box having a veneer rim and showing the overlapping ends of said veneer rim held together by a clamp of the construction set forth in Letters Patent No. 668,399, issued to me February 19, 1901.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

- In the drawings, 5 is a machine constructed in accordance with my invention and having a top or table 6 supported upon legs 7 '7, firmly secured by lag-screws to the floor. The glue which is to be applied to the inner face of the wooden box-rim for a distance of about onefourth of an inch from the lower edge of said rim is contained in a receptacle 8, fastened by screws 9 to the under side of the table 6. In the center of the receptacle 8 isa hollow Vertical standard 10, bored out to receive a cylindrical rod 11. Said rod is pivotally connected by a link 12 to a treadle 13. The treadle 13 is pivoted to an ear 1,4, fast to the rear leg 7 of the machine, and is held up by a spiral spring 15, one end thereof fast to the treadle and the other to the rear leg 7. A counterweight'may be used in lieu of the spring 15. The standard 10 forms a bearing in which the rod 11 reciprocates, said rod 11 having a collar 16 fast thereto by a set-screw and limiting the extent to which said rod can be forced upwardly through the link 12 and treadle 13 by the spiral spring 15, said parts coming to a stop when the collar 16 abuts against the lower side of the receptacle 8. To the upper end of the rod 11 is fastened a hollow cylindrical sleeve 17 by means of a cap-screw 18. Said cylindrical sleeve encircles the outside of the cylindrical-standard 10 and has fast to the outside thereof a cylindrical disk 19 and also a sleeve 20, formed of felt, the lower edge of said sleeve resting upon the upper face of the cylindrical disk 19. When the collar 16 abuts against the lower under face of the receptacle 8, the disk 19 projects above the top of the table 6 about one-fourth of an inch.

The operation of the machine as a whole and the manner in which the wooden rim is applied to the bottom disk of the box or to the disk forming the top of the cover of a box are as follows: The treadle 13 is lowered by the foot of the operator, lowering at the same time the disk 19 through the link 12, rod 11, and cylindrical sleeve 17, and with said disk the felt sleeve 20 until said sleeve and disk enter the glue in the receptacle 8, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The operator then releases the treadle, and the parts assume the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, with the upper edge of the disk 19 projecting about one-fourth of an inch above the table or top 6. Said disk and the sleeve 20, it will be understood, are now covered with glue. The operator next takes a wooden veneer rim 21 and wraps it around the disk 19, as shown in Fig. 1, thus applying the strip of glue to the inner face of said wooden veneer rim of a width of about one-eighth of an inch. He then spreads the two ends of said rim apart and passes the inner face of one of said ends over the felt sleeve 20, thereby applying the glue to the inner face thereof. The veneer rim now has a strip of glue applied to the inner face thereof, adjacent to one edge, of a width equal to the thickness of the disk for the bottom of the box to which it is to be applied and also a strip of glue extending vertically across the said veneer at one end thereof and on the inner face of said veneer. The operator now bends the said strip of veneer in a circle of a diameter slightly less than that of the finished box and overlaps the two ends thereof. Holding the bent veneer against the concave face 22 of the wedge 23 with the left hand he inserts the disk or bottom 21 in the interior of the bent rim 21 to within about one-half an inch of the lower ,edge of said rim. He next places the female member 25 upon said wedge in the position shown in Fig. 3, with the overlapping ends of the veneer firmly held between the concave face 22 of the wedge 23 and the convex face 26 of the member 25. The disk or bottom 2i is then tapped down until flush with the lower edge of the rim 21. The member 25 is then given a final blow upon the top thereof to firmly set and hold the rim 21 to the bottom 2i of the box and also to firmly unite the overlapping ends of said rim. The clamp is then removed from the table and the pin 27 inserted in one of a number of holes in a reel, (not shown in the drawings,) where it remains until the glue is firmly set.

It will be seen and understood that by the use of my improved machine the glue is applied neatly and quickly to the inner face of the wooden rim of the box and also that said glue in the receptacle 8 is kept from skimming over and is constantly stirred up, be

ing kept in good condition for applying to the wooden box-rim by the reciprocating motion of said disk into and out of said glue.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by Letters Patent to secure, is

1. A machine of the character described comprising a table-top, a receptacle for glue fast to the under side of said table-top, a hole in said table-top above said receptacle, a re ciprocatory disk, and mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to said disk, carrying the same alternately into said receptacle and above said table-top.

2. In a machine of the character described, a receptacle for glue, a vertical standard in the interior thereof fast thereto and extending from the bottom of said receptacle to a pointabove the glue contained in said receptacle, a sleeve encircling said standard, a disk fast to the exterior of said sleeve, and mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to said sleeve.

3. In a machine of the character described, a receptacle for glue, a vertical standard in the interior thereof fast thereto and extending from the bottom of said receptacle to a point above the glue contained in said receptacle, a vertical reciprocatory rod, a hole extending longitudinally through said standard and forming a guide for said reciprocatory rod, and mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to said red.

at. In a machine of the character described, a receptacle for glue, a vertical standard in the interior thereof fast thereto and extend ing from the bottom of said receptacle to a point above the glue contained in said receptacle, a vertical reciprocatory rod, a cylindrical sleeve fast to the upper end of said rod and encircling said standard, a hole extending longitudinally through said standard and forming a guide for said reciprocatory rod, and mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to said rod.

5. In a machine of the character described, a receptacle for glue, a vertical standard in the interior thereof fast thereto and extending from the bottom of said receptacle to a point above the glue contained in said receptacle, a vertical reciprocatory rod, a cylindrical sleeve fast to the upper end of said rod and encircling said standard, a disk fast to the exterior'of said sleeve, a hole extending longitudinally through said standard and forming a guide for said reciprocatory rod, and mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to said rod.

6. In a machine of the character described, a receptacle for glue, a vertical standard in the interior thereof fast thereto and extending from the bottom of said receptacle to a oint above the lue contained in said rece tacle, a vertical reciprocatory rod, a cylin drical sleeve fast to the upper end of said rod and encircling said standard, a disk and a I my hand in presence of two subscribing witfelt sleeve 20 fast to said cylindrical sleeve, a nesses.

hole extending longitudinally through said I standard and forming a guide for said reciprocatory rod, and mechanism for imparting a \Vitnesses: reciprocating motion to said rod. CHARLES S. GOODING, V In testimony whereof I have hereunto set SYDNEY E. TAFT.

ALBERT ANNETT. 

